She was awarded the 1997 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Jack
Tinker Award) for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in Closer
at the Royal National Theatre.
Her father, former 1960 Grand Prix racing driver and financier, Johnny Walker, used to race alongside Stirling Moss and Jim Clark.
Her husband Matthew Hardwidge plays in the Bristol-based band Day One, with Phelim Byrne, using the stage name Donnie Hardwidge.